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Brian Schmelzlen
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For those of you who do not an alert set up for whenever news breaks about the new tax bill, details are coming out about what will be contained in the final version of the bill (coming out of committee).

Here are the major details: the top tax rate for individuals will be 37%.  Presumably that will start for single filers at $500,000 of income and $1 million for couples filing jointly, but that part has not been confirmed.  This rate is less than the rates included in both the House and Senate versions of the bill.

The pass-through deduction for sole proprietors, partnerships, LLCs, and S-corporations will be 20% of qualified domestic pass-through income.  This deduction is limited to your pro rata share of the business' W-2 income, and is not available to certain service industries.  However, there is an exception for people with less than $250,000/$500,000 of income.

There will not be a special business rate (or special rate for "passive" buy and hold investors) for sole proprietors or pass-through entities.  You will get a deduction instead.

The Section 121 exclusion of capital gains for the sale on a principal residence is being modified.  The new holding period (to have owned and used the house as a principal residence) will now be 5 out of the last 8 years rather than 2 out of the last 5.   There is an exception for any houses under contract by 12/31/17 but that haven't closed.

Finally, mortgage interest will still be deductible for your principal residence.  However, the amount allowed to be deducted is being reduced.  You can now (starting in 2018) only deduct the interest on the first $750,000 of acquisition debt.

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Julie Barrow
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replied over 3 years ago

Brian-

Do you know whether the Section 121 exclusion will not change for homes under contract by 12/31/17, or is that still under negotiation?  Thanks.

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Account Closed

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The corporate tax rate will be reduced from 35% to 21% also. Both House and Senate provisions had proposed a 20% corporate tax cut but raised it 1% to allow for that lower top individual tax rate. I believe the estate tax was also mentioned. The House proposed phasing it out completely but the Senate proposed an increase in the threshold to qualify from $5.6 million to $11 million. 

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Brian Schmelzlen
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Originally posted by @Julie Barrow :

Brian-

Do you know whether the Section 121 exclusion will not change for homes under contract by 12/31/17, or is that still under negotiation?  Thanks.

Until a bill is signed by President Trump and becomes law, it is all under negotiation.  However, that exception for houses under contract survived in the Senate bill and from what I am hearing (haven't seen an actual bill yet, its all just rumors) it survived the reconciliation process.

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Brian Schmelzlen
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Originally posted by @Account Closed :

The corporate tax rate will be reduced from 35% to 21% also. Both House and Senate provisions had proposed a 20% corporate tax cut but raised it 1% to allow for that lower top individual tax rate. I believe the estate tax was also mentioned. The House proposed phasing it out completely but the Senate proposed an increase in the threshold to qualify from $5.6 million to $11 million. 

That is correct.  The estate tax will remain in place, but instead the exemption amount will nearly double to $11 million.

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Josh F.
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@Brian Schmelzlen Question for you.   What happens in the case where there is no W2 income, just passive rental income?  How will the deduction work in that scenario?

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Brian Schmelzlen
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Josh, there are exceptions built in if your total taxable income is below a certain threshold. The threshold amount depends upon your filing status.

The exception means you are entitled to the deduction even without your business having W-2 income.

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